Progression of Prison Education
North Carolina Prisons Add Technology to Rehabilitation Toolbox
By Christopher Zoukis There are more than 37,000 inmates in 55 prison facilities in North Carolina. Each year, more than 20,000 inmates are released. In fact, 98% of the entire country’s inmates will be released at some point in the future. And increasingly, a wide variety of rehabilitative programs are being offered to ensure that…
Read MoreNY Launches Degree Program at State Prison in Hudson Valley
By Michael Virtanen New York University has enrolled 36 inmates in English classes at Wallkill Correctional Facility in the Hudson Valley. Their first courses are “Literary Analysis and the Politics of Interpretation” and “Critical Perspectives on Justice through Creative Writing.” They take one or the other. Backed by a $500,000 Ford Foundation grant, NYU’s new…
Read MoreReforms Reduce Overcrowding and Boost Education at India's Mega-Prison
By Christopher Zoukis A short distance from Delhi sits Tihar jail, one of the largest prisons in the world. The ten sub-jails within the prison complex are home to more than 13,500 inmates. Situated on the plains of northern India, the jail provides few comforts. Inmates bake through the sweltering heat of summer, while winters…
Read MoreSan Quentin’s Prison University Gives Inmates Freedom to Learn
By Greta Kaul / SF Gate San Quentin is home to the Prison University Project, the largest on-site college-in-prison program among California state prisons. Inmates in PUP earn their associate’s degree for free, with volunteer instructors from schools like Stanford and UC Berkeley. Opponents of higher education in prison, like those who voted down a…
Read MoreStartup’s Education Platform For Curbing Recidivism Launches Pilot In Philly Prison
When we last met Jail Education Solutions earlier this year, the startup was part of FastFWD, a social enterprise accelerator in Philly focused on public safety. Now, it just launched a pilot of its tablet-based wireless education system for inmates in prison and jail. It’s in the 8,500-bed correctional facility in Philadelphia and, according to co-founder…
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